Another Week in the Innovation Age #2

Mar 7, 2022

Hi Growers 🌱,

We live in the innovation age. A period where groundbreaking events happen all the time.

These Sunday round-ups are my way of distilling what I’ve gathered.

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LA Tech & Startup Events

Connecting with people in person is always best. If you’re ever considering whether to go to an event or not, always go and see what happens.

I had the privilege to attend some awesome events this week. More importantly, I got to meet some incredible people.

M13

The first event I attended was hosted by M13, a venture fund based in LA that recently raised a $400M+ fund.

Aidan Gold 🌱 @MrGoldBro

Had so much fun attending the @M13Company event last night in LA! So great to be in person with like minded people to talk tech and VC.

This event had some heavy hitters from the tech industry including Turner Novak who meme’d his way to raising a venture fund by gaining a 100K+ Twitter followers.

Aidan Gold 🌱 @MrGoldBro

Saw the infamous @TurnerNovak in the wild and had to introduce myself and snap a pick with @TradingFemale.

It also had people beyond the tech industry including Paris Hilton.

That’s my girlfriend TradingFemale posing with her. :)

Elana | TradingFemale.eth @TradingFemale

Me and my girl @ParisHilton are on a mission to bring more women into Web3. .... Get Ready!🤍

Launch House

The next event I attended was at Launch House, which is a mansion for entrepreneurs to live in for 30 days and build their companies.

I posted a video recap of my experience attending.

Aidan Gold 🌱 @MrGoldBro

I attended my first event @launchhouse in LA. World class execution. You name it: people, mansion, cameras, chef. Hear about my experience (1/2)!

First Resonance

At the Launch House event, I met Christine a former Tesla employee who now does HR for a startup called First Resonance.

First Resonance recently completed a Series A round led by Craft Ventures.

The company has developed an automated tool to help companies manufacture parts and overcome supply chain issues.

Their software is helping hardware companies get the parts they need.

This is an interesting company I plan to track on.

Co-Founder YouTube Meet Up

The last meet-up I attended this week was organized by the co-founder of YouTube.

He posted a tweet about meeting people at the Santa Monica pier.

I showed up and met some incredible people.

Aidan Gold 🌱 @MrGoldBro

Party on the Pier! Spontaneous meet up thanks to @Chad_Hurley! So fun and organic! @parissolati @HunterHart @julielydon https://t.co/sH9XK7R1ey

Chad Hurley @Chad_Hurley

GM! I’m heading to LA today… WHO WANTS TO PARTY? And by party, I mean grab a coffee in Santa Monica.

Startup Investments

I haven’t invested in a private company since last year.

But in the last week alone, four private investment opportunities arose that I couldn’t pass down.

One I already invested.

And two more are in motion.

The fourth will hopefully happen this week.

I’m incredibly excited to share more details on these once I can.

Fitness

One of my goals this month is to workout 25 days.

So far, I’ve worked out everyday this month.

Grow with Aidan Growth

As you may have seen, there are now 100 of us growing together.

This milestone makes me incredibly happy but I feel like we are just getting started.

All of you are awesome. Thank you.

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